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Special to The Dallas Examiner |
3/12/2018, 11:42 a.m.

Special to The Dallas Examiner

DALLAS

Dallas County Community College District will host Spring 2018 Career Fair, a series of career fairs at that are open to current students, former students and the general public. The fairs will be held as follows:

DCCCD will also host Dallas 100K Opportunities Fair & Forum on April 5 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Embarcadero Building at Fair Park, located at 1229 Admiral Nimitz Drive. Open to individuals who are 16 to 24 years old, not in school and not working, the event is part of a nationwide initiative led by a large coalition of employers dedicated to serving youth by connecting them to educational resources and jobs.

For more information, visit https://www.100kopportunities.org/our-communities/dallas.

DALLAS

World TB Day is March 24, an annual event commemorates when Dr. Robert Koch announced in 1882 his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacillus that causes tuberculosis. On this day, Texas TB programs and stakeholder organizations host, sponsor or participate in activities designed to build public awareness that TB remains the world’s leading infectious killer.

DCHHS will join the effort to raise awareness for World TB day on March 23 and March 24. The new local TB Awareness initiative will host a two-day action event joining residents and employees.

March 23, free TB skin testing and information from public health educators will be offered at the main DCHHS clinic located at 2377 N. Stemmons Freeway.

March 24, DCHHS has partnered with City Square to provide free TB testing to economically disadvantaged residents in Dallas.

For more information, email renae.crutchfield@dallascounty.org.

DALLAS

As Dallas County Health and Human Services’ mobile immunization clinic travels throughout the county providing free flu vaccines, DCHHS extends mobile services to those least likely to be vaccinated – the homeless. DCHHS’ mobile immunization clinic traveled to the Salvation Army at 5302 Harry Hines Blvd. March 1 to provide free flu vaccines to the homeless.

DCHHS designated 100 vaccines to use for this initiative and had public health educators on site to discuss transmission of the virus and increased flu activity in Dallas County.

“It is not too late to receive a flu vaccine. Our community partners have extended flu shots to local homeless shelters; however, many still have not been vaccinated,” said Ganesh Shivaramaiyer, DCHHS interim director. “It is our intention to contribute to addressing homelessness in Dallas County by creating better opportunities for access to public health services.”